Combined dispensing-receptacle and spreader



P. NEUKIRCHEN. COMBINED DISPENSING HECEPTACLE'AND SPREADER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-29| ISIS.

Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

,UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

' PETER NEUIIIRCHEN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR fro COLUMBIA rAs'InNER COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

. t CMBINED DISPENSING-REGEPTACLE AND SPREADER.

T o all whom t may concern Be it known that I, PETER NEUKIRCBEN, a,

i citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, Cook County, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful.

pensing receptacles and spreaders, and its.

principal obj ect is to provide means whereby -various mobile commodities may be readily poured out ofa container insmall quantities. Another object is to provide means whereby certain commodities, such as adhesives, and mucilages, may be dispensed- A from the container and spread about upon the surface upon which they4 are poured.

Another Objectis to provide a very simple, practicall cap for the mouth o f'a receptacle, with a self-contained spring-pressed valve for closing adischarge opening in the cap,

and to provide the cap with a flat surface4 'by means of which adhesives or mucilages may be readily spread about upon the surface upon whlch they are deposited.

, The-invention consists in the several novel A Y features hereinafter fully set forth and more iso particularly dened in the claims.

'."Th'einventionis clearly illustrated 1n the i accompanying drawing in which:

'Spring Supporta..

Figure 1 Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof partly broken out to illustrate the interior construction;

Fig. 3 isa cross 3-4-3 of Fig. 2;l

Fig. 4 is a lplan of the valve and its section taken on the line Fi 5 is a perspective view of a slightly I modi ed form of valve and sprmg;

I I ment of the va ve support seen in Fig. 6 is 'a fragmental sectional view of a second modification; and f I Fig. 7 is a erspective view lof a frag- Fig. 6.

' Referring to said drawing, the reference character 6 designates a container of any suitable form,- here` shown as comprising a -glass bottle having. an externally screwisa perspective view ofy a combined receptacle and spreader, embodying 'a simple form of the present Invention;

specification of Letters ratent. 'Patented Apr, 5,1.192L

AppIication, led March 29, 1919. Serial No. 286,140.

threaded neck 7 at its open end, upon which neck is secured a cap or closure 8, here shown as formed wlth a. screw-threaded,

curing the cap to the bottle as is well known to those skilled in the art to `which this invention pertains. The screw-threaded pore tion 9 is formed with an annular shouldered portion 10, between which and the upper edge ofthe neck of the bottle, is interposed a washer 11, of cork or other resilient packing material, whereby a tight joint may be made between the bottle and Cap to prevent leakage around screw-threaded lconnection therebetween. From the shouldered portion 10 extends a tapering end portion 12 which is centrally aperture'd, as at 13,' for the escape of the contents and said aperture is closed by a valve 14, which has a tip 15 protruding through the aperture, which tip may be pressed upon an object to unseat the valve. The valve has a flaring skirty portion 16 which seats against the -inner edge of the apertured portion of the part 12 and closes the discharge aperture.

The valve 14 is retained on its seat by a spring support 17 which is made from a piece of spring wire bent into a ring-like base portion 18, one end of which is coiled into a spring coil 19 that terminates in an upwardly extending stem 20 that is secured to the valve 14 in any desirable manner. In the preferred form said coiled spring cal direction and the base portion 18 and coiled spring portion 19 are connected by a short piece 21 of the wire. An, annular groove 22 is formed at the shouldered portion 10 'of the cap, which groove may be formed by rolling the material outwardly to form a projeotlng annular bead, and the ring-like base portion 18 of the valve support seats in said groove and is held therein by its ownl elasticity. At the place where the short part 21 of the spring support extends from the base portion 18 to the coiled spring portion 19, the shouldered portion 10 of the ca is formed with a notch or groove 23' (see ig. Cf *o receive said short piece 21, whereby the shouldered portion of the a flat part 24 which may extend from the apertured end of the cap toa place adjacent the shoulder portion 10. Thls fiat portion 24 provides a flat surface which may be readily used to spread adhesives or other mucilage upon any surface upon which they are deposited.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 the spring support 17a has the ring-like base portion 18a and a stem 2()a fastened to the valve 14a. In place of the coiled spring 19 shown in the preferred form, the base portion is extended inwardly toward the middle of the -base portion, as

shown at 21a and bent upon itself in a ver- 'tical plane, to form a spring-like U-shapedv portion 19E. As in the preferred form, the ring-like base portion seats in the groove 22 in the. cap and the U-bend 19a affords sulfi-v cienttensionto yieldingly retain the valve upon its seat around the discharge aperture of the cap.

In the modiiication shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the valve is in the form of a ball 14 and is kept on its seat by the spring support,

the stem 20h of which is curled around, at its upper edge to form. a loop or ring 20c for receiving the ball. To prevent spreading of the ring 20", a cup 14 may be employed for holding the ball, and the edges of the cup may be curled around the loo or ring 20c. The cup forms a seat in which the ball may roll, and consequently,

in using the device, the ball may be de.

pressed to allow the contents to escape and the tip may be rubbed along the object upon which the contents are deposited, thus initially spreading them before further spreadin them with the spreader arrangement.

n use, the bottle isA filled with suitable material. To pour a quantit out of the bottle, the latter is inverted an the tip pressed upon any. suitable object, thereby unseating' the valve, and permitting a quantity of the contents to How out through the discharge aperture. As soon as the pressure against the tip is released the spring support 17 seats the valve and closes the aperture.

The device may be used to contain `pow ders of various kinds, oLmay/be used to contain other materials, such as soap, pastes, or shaving creams, or adhesives, mucilages,

and the like. When used as an adhesive/con tainer, the bottle is inverted, the tip is pressed upon the object to which it is desired to apply the adhesive, and after a suiicient quantity has been discharged upon said object, the flat spreader portion 24 may be used to spread the adhesive over the ob- 'ect.

J More or less variation of the exact details of construction is possible without .departing from the spirit of this invention; I desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the construction shown and deto point out all of theinvention disclosed herein.

I claim as new and lLetters Patent:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a container and a cap therefor, having a cen.-

trally apertured end portion, and an annular groove, a valve having a tip protruding from the container, and a'iaring skirt, for closing the aperture, and a spring support for seating said valve aroundl the aperture, said support having an annular base portion seated in .said own elasticity.

desire to obtain groove and heldthere by its scribed, but intend, in the following claims,

2. As a new article of manufacture, a coni tainer and a ca removably secured on said container, and avmg a centrally apertured end portion and an ,annular,groove, a valve having a tip protruding'fromthe container' and a flaring skirt 'for closing the aperture,

and a spring support yfor seating said valve f around `the aperture, saidsupport having an annular base'portion seated' `1n 'said groove and held there by its own elasticity.` s

3. As a new article of manufacture, a container having a screw-threaded neck anda cap, having a screw-threaded lportion'fastened upon the threaded'neck lof the con- 1 tainer, a centrally apertured end portion,

and an annular groove, formed adjacent the i screw threads, a valve having a tip protrud ing from the -container and al aring skirt for closing the aperture, 4and a spring support for seating said valve around the aperi ture, said support having an .annular base groove and held there 7 115 4. 'As a new article of manufacture, a container and a cap removablyse'cured onsaid portion seated in said by its own elasticity.

container and having a centrally apertured end portion and an annular groove, a valve y having a tip protruding from the ,container and a flaring skirt for closing the aperture, and a spring support for seating said valve. port having an annular base portionseate .1n said groove around the aperture, said su andy held there by its own' elasticig', and a yielding portion connected to the v ve.

' 5. As a new article of manufacture, a container` andA a cap therefor having a shou1- :Masse dered portion formed with an internal annular groove and a transverse oove extending therefrom, said cap havm also a centrally apertured, .tapered en portion, la

5 valve having a tip protruding from the container and a Hari skirt for closing the aperture, and a, spnng support for seating l said valve around the aperture, said'1 support e in having an annular base portion seat said groove and lxeld there by its own elasticity, and havin a part lying in said transverse groove an tion with the valve. PETER NEUKIRCHEN.

connecting the base por- 

